Optical image capturing system

Abstract

The invention discloses a three-piece optical lens for capturing image and a three-piece optical module for capturing image. In order from an object side to an image side, the optical lens along the optical axis comprises a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with refractive power; and a third lens with refractive power; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the three lens elements are aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. An optical image capturing system, in order along an optical axis from an object side to an image side, comprising:
 a first lens having positive refractive power; 
 a second lens having positive refractive power; 
 a third lens having refractive power; and 
 an image plane; 
 wherein the optical image capturing system having a total of the three lenses with refractive power; each lens among the first lens to the third lens has an object-side surface, which faces the object side, and an image-side surface, which faces the image side; 
 wherein the optical image capturing system satisfies:
   1≤ f/HEP≤ 10;
 
   0 deg< HAF≤ 40 deg; and 
   0.9≤2( ARE/HEP )≤2.0;
 
 
 wherein f is a focal length of the optical image capturing system; HEP is an entrance pupil diameter of the optical image capturing system; HAF is a half of a maximum view angle of the optical image capturing system; for any surface of any lens, ARE is a profile curve length measured from a start point where the optical axis passes therethrough, along a surface profile thereof, and finally to a coordinate point of a perpendicular distance where is a half of the entrance pupil diameter away from the optical axis. 
 
     
     
       2. The optical image capturing system of  claim 1 , wherein the third lens has negative refractive power. 
     
     
       3. The optical image capturing system of  claim 1 , wherein the image-side surface of the first lens is a convex surface. 
     
     
       4. The optical image capturing system of  claim 1 , wherein the optical image capturing system further satisfies:
   PLTA≤100 μm;
 
   PSTA≤100 μm;
 
   NLTA≤100 μm;
 
   NSTA≤100 μm;
 
   SLTA≤100 μm;
 
   SSTA≤100 μm; and
 
   | TDT|< 100%; 
 wherein TDT is a TV distortion; HOI is a maximum height for image formation perpendicular to the optical axis on the image plane; PLTA is a transverse aberration at 0.7 HOI on the image plane in the positive direction of a tangential fan of the optical image capturing system after a longest operation wavelength passing through an edge of the aperture; PSTA is a transverse aberration at 0.7 HOI on the image plane in the positive direction of the tangential fan after a shortest operation wavelength passing through the edge of the aperture; NLTA is a transverse aberration at 0.7 HOI on the image plane in the negative direction of the tangential fan after the longest operation wavelength passing through the edge of the aperture; NSTA is a transverse aberration at 0.7 HOI on the image plane in the negative direction of the tangential fan after the shortest operation wavelength passing through the edge of the aperture; SLTA is a transverse aberration at 0.7 HOI on the image plane of a sagittal fan of the optical image capturing system after the longest operation wavelength passing through the edge of the aperture; SSTA is a transverse aberration at 0.7 HOI on the image plane of a sagittal fan after the shortest operation wavelength passing through the edge of the aperture. 
 
     
     
       5. The optical image capturing system of  claim 1 , wherein the optical image capturing system further satisfies:
   0.9≤ ARS/EHD≤ 2.0;
 
 wherein, for any surface of any lens, EHD is a maximum effective half diameter thereof, and ARS is a profile curve length measured from a start point where the optical axis passes therethrough, along a surface profile thereof, and finally to an end point of the maximum effective half diameter thereof. 
 
     
     
       6. The optical image capturing system of  claim 1 , wherein the optical image capturing system further satisfies:
   0 mm<HOS≤1.5 mm;
 
 wherein HOS is a distance between an object-side surface of the first lens and the image plane on the optical axis. 
 
     
     
       7. The optical image capturing system of  claim 1 , wherein the optical image capturing system further satisfies:
   0.05≤ ARE 31/ TP 3≤25; and
 
   0.05≤ ARE 32/ TP 3≤25;
 
 wherein ARE31 is a profile curve length measured from a start point where the optical axis passes the object-side surface of the third lens, along a surface profile of the object-side surface of the third lens, and finally to a coordinate point of a perpendicular distance where is a half of the entrance pupil diameter away from the optical axis; ARE32 is a profile curve length measured from a start point where the optical axis passes the image-side surface of the third lens, along a surface profile of the image-side surface of the third lens, and finally to a coordinate point of a perpendicular distance where is a half of the entrance pupil diameter away from the optical axis; TP3 is a thickness of the third lens on the optical axis. 
 
     
     
       8. The optical image capturing system of  claim 1 , wherein the optical image capturing system further satisfies:
   1.6≤ f 1/ f 2≤2.5;
 
 wherein f1 is a focal length of the first lens, and f2 is a focal length of the second lens. 
 
     
     
       9. The optical image capturing system of  claim 1 , further comprising an aperture, wherein the optical image capturing system further satisfies:
   0.2≤ InS/HOS≤ 1.1;
 
 wherein InS is a distance between the aperture and the image plane on the optical axis; HOS is a distance between an object-side surface of the first lens and the image plane on the optical axis. 
 
     
     
       10. An optical image capturing system, in order along an optical axis from an object side to an image side, comprising:
 a first lens having positive refractive power; 
 a second lens having positive refractive power; 
 a third lens having refractive power; and 
 an image plane; 
 wherein the optical image capturing system having a total of the three lenses with refractive power; at least a surface of each of at least one lens among the first lens to the third lens has at least an inflection point; each lens among the first lens to the third lens has an object-side surface, which faces the object side, and an image-side surface, which faces the image side; the object-side surface of the first lens is convex on the optical axis, and the image-side surface of the first lens is convex on the optical axis; 
 wherein the optical image capturing system satisfies:
   1≤ f/HEP≤ 10;
 
   0 deg<HAF≤40 deg; and
 
   0.9≤2( ARE/HEP )≤2.0;
 
 
 wherein f is a focal length of the optical image capturing system; HEP is an entrance pupil diameter of the optical image capturing system; HAF is a half of a maximum view angle of the optical image capturing system; for any surface of any lens, ARE is a profile curve length measured from a start point where the optical axis passes therethrough, along a surface profile thereof, and finally to a coordinate point of a perpendicular distance where is a half of the entrance pupil diameter away from the optical axis. 
 
     
     
       11. The optical image capturing system of  claim 10 , wherein the optical image capturing system further satisfies:
   0.9≤ ARS/EHD≤ 2.0;
 
 wherein, for any surface of any lens, EHD is a maximum effective half diameter thereof, and ARS is a profile curve length measured from a start point where the optical axis passes therethrough, along a surface profile thereof, and finally to an end point of the maximum effective half diameter thereof. 
 
     
     
       12. The optical image capturing system of  claim 10 , wherein at least one surface of each of at least two lenses among the first lens to the third lens has at least an inflection point. 
     
     
       13. The optical image capturing system of  claim 10 , wherein the optical image capturing system further satisfies:
   −2.5≤ f 1/ f 3≤−1;
 
 wherein f1 is a focal length of the first lens, and f3 is a focal length of the third lens. 
 
     
     
       14. The optical image capturing system of  claim 10 , wherein the optical image capturing system further satisfies:
   −0.9≤ f 2/ f 3≤−0.7;
 
 wherein f2 is a focal length of the second lens, and f3 is a focal length of the third lens. 
 
     
     
       15. The optical image capturing system of  claim 10 , wherein the optical image capturing system further satisfies:
   0.5≤ TP 1/ TP 2≤1;
 
 wherein TP1 is a thickness of the first lens on the optical axis; TP2 is a thickness of the second lens on the optical axis. 
 
     
     
       16. The optical image capturing system of  claim 10 , wherein the optical image capturing system further satisfies:
   1.5≤ TP 2/ TP 3≤2.5;
 
 wherein TP2 is a thickness of the second lens on the optical axis; TP3 is a thickness of the third lens on the optical axis. 
 
     
     
       17. The optical image capturing system of  claim 10 , wherein the optical image capturing system further satisfies:
   −2≤( R 1− R 2)/( R 1+ R 2)≤−1;
 
 wherein R1 is a radius of curvature of the object-side surface of the first lens, and R2 is a radius of curvature of the image-side surface of the first lens. 
 
     
     
       18. The optical image capturing system of  claim 10 , wherein the optical image capturing system further satisfies:
   0.2≤( R 3− R 4)/( R 3+ R 4)≤0.4;
 
 wherein R3 is a radius of curvature of the object-side surface of the second lens, and R4 is a radius of curvature of the image-side surface of the second lens. 
 
     
     
       19. The optical image capturing system of  claim 10 , wherein the optical image capturing system further satisfies:
   0.4≤( R 5− R 6)/( R 5+ R 6)≤0.8;
 
 wherein R5 is a radius of curvature of the object-side surface of the third lens, and R6 is a radius of curvature of the image-side surface of the third lens. 
 
     
     
       20. An optical image capturing system, in order along an optical axis from an object side to an image side, comprising:
 a first lens having positive refractive power; 
 a second lens having positive refractive power; 
 a third lens having negative refractive power; and 
 an image plane; 
 wherein the optical image capturing system having a total of the three lenses having refractive power; each lens among the first lens to the third lens has an object-side surface, which faces the object side, and an image-side surface, which faces the image side; the object-side surface of the first lens is convex on the optical axis, and the image-side surface of the first lens is convex on the optical axis; each of the object-side surface and the image-side surface among the second lens to the third lens has at least an inflection point thereon; 
 wherein the optical image capturing system satisfies:
   1≤ f/HEP≤ 2.4;
 
   10 deg≤HAF≤40 deg;
 
   0.9≤2( ARE/HEP )≤2.0; and
 
   1≤ HOS/HOI≤ 1.8;
 
 
 wherein f is a focal length of the optical image capturing system; HEP is an entrance pupil diameter of the optical image capturing system; HOS is a distance between an object-side surface of the first lens and the image plane on the optical axis; HAF is a half of a maximum view angle of the optical image capturing system; HOI is a maximum height for image formation perpendicular to the optical axis on the image plane; for any surface of any lens, ARE is a profile curve length measured from a start point where the optical axis passes therethrough, along a surface profile thereof, and finally to a coordinate point of a perpendicular distance where is a half of the entrance pupil diameter away from the optical axis. 
 
     
     
       21. The optical image capturing system of  claim 20 , wherein the optical image capturing system further satisfies:
   0.9≤ ARS/EHD≤ 2.0;
 
 wherein, for any surface of any lens, EHD is a maximum effective half diameter thereof, ARS is a profile curve length measured from a start point where the optical axis passes therethrough, along a surface profile thereof, and finally to an end point of the maximum effective half diameter thereof. 
 
     
     
       22. The optical image capturing system of  claim 20 , wherein the optical image capturing system further satisfies:
   −2.5≤ f 1/ f 3≤−1;
 
 wherein f1 is a focal length of the first lens, and f3 is a focal length of the third lens. 
 
     
     
       23. The optical image capturing system of  claim 20 , wherein the optical image capturing system further satisfies:
   −0.9≤ f 2/ f 3≤−0.7;
 
 wherein f2 is a focal length of the second lens, and f3 is a focal length of the third lens. 
 
     
     
       24. The optical image capturing system of  claim 20 , wherein the optical image capturing system further satisfies:
   0.5≤ TP 1/ TP 2≤1;
 
 wherein TP1 is a thickness of the first lens on the optical axis; TP2 is a thickness of the second lens on the optical axis. 
 
     
     
       25. The optical image capturing system of  claim 20 , further comprising an aperture an image sensor, and a driving module, wherein the image sensor is disposed on the image plane; the driving module is coupled with the lenses to move the lenses; the optical image capturing system further satisfies:
   0.2≤ InS/HOS≤ 1.1;
 
 wherein InS is a distance between the aperture and the image plane.